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''The Zimmer Twins'' was a Canadian
animated series An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have eith ...
and website. The project was created by producer Jason Krogh and artist Aaron Leighton and is produced through Lost the Plot Productions Inc. A selection of the user-generated episodes is produced into broadcast shorts and air on
Teletoon Teletoon (stylized as TELETOON) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Its name is a portmanteau of "television" and "cartoon". The channel primarily broadcasts an ...
and in the US
Qubo Qubo ( ; stylized as qubo) was an American television network for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Owned by Ion Media, it consisted of a 24-hour free-to-air television network often mentioned as the "Qubo channel" (available as a digital ...
. ''Les Jumeaux Zimmer'' is the French-language version of the show and website. ''The Zimmer Twins'' is known for its unique format which combines online participation and broadcast delivery. Children are invited to create and share 1-minute animated episodes using a story editor and library of animation. The audience creates endings to short, professionally produced ''story-starters''. Kids tell their stories by choosing actions, characters, props and backgrounds. They can also add their own dialog and on-screen text. New clips are occasionally added. The original Zimmer Twins website launched on March 14, 2005, with the show first airing on Teletoon in May. A total of 60 broadcast spots (30 English and 30 French) were produced and broadcast in the 2005/2006 season. By the end of the first season over 100,000 user-created episodes were created by over 50,000 registered members. A major revision of the site was launched July 1, 2006. A total of 120 broadcast episodes were broadcast in the 2006/2007 season and 32 more were broadcast in the 2007/2008 season. The site's population passed 200,000 on November 5, 2011. In 2008, the online audience voted to select the three most popular user-generated movies. The winners' movies were incorporated into a half-hour awards show special which aired on September 26, 2008, in English and September 20, 2008, in French. On August 10, 2020, the Zimmer Twins and Zimmer Twins at School websites were shut down following its announcement made on the Zimmer Twins Blog by JCee ten days prior. Today, there are no official Zimmer Twins websites online. However, some members of the Zimmer Twins community have attempted to create projects to restore the website and bring archives of movies. In February 2021, all telepicks and favotoons that were aired were recovered and uploaded onto YouTube.


Characters


Main characters

* Edgar Zimmer (voiced by Ben Head and Louis Grise) – The younger twin and Eva's brother. He is clumsy, out-of-date and unintelligent. He loves food and is good friends with 13. He has a superhero persona "Super Action Boy". He is originally voiced by Ben Head & Louis Grise. * Eva Zimmer (voiced by Lauren Menzo and Jorah Dawson) – Edgar's older twin sister. Eva is intelligent, mature, and kind. She is annoyed by girls in her class who think she is a witch. She is talented in karate and other martial arts. She is also the leader of the Twins. She is originally voiced by Lauren Menzo & Jorah Dawson. * 13 (voiced by Daniel Davies) – 13 is the twin's cat, with lime green eyes and a straight-line mouth. He can talk. He dislikes baths and is very fond of fish. 13 is anthropomorphic as he can do many things humans can, like playing the guitar or holding objects with his hands. He has an alter ego, Captain Furball. And on some real occasions, he seems to be antagonistic towards Eva. He is originally voiced by Daniel Davies.


Minor characters

* Delivery Boy – A delivery boy. He is a friend of the twins and delivers them their mail and packages. * Madame Psycho (voiced by Kim Godfrey) – Madame Psycho (Mme Psycho for short) is a fortune-teller working at the Psychic Salon & Deli. She is caring, but is quick to lose her temper if people disobey her.


List of Telepicks


Series 1

Meow Mix of Doom


Credits


Awards

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Webby Award The Webby Awards are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories includ ...
Nomination, Youth Website (2006) *
Banff World Television Festival The Banff World Media Festival (formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world ...
Nomination, Interactive Television (2006) *Horizon Interactive Awards Silver, Education (2006) *HOW Design Annual Outstanding Achievement (2007) *The Alliance for Children and Television Awards of Excellent, Best Website or Original New-Platform Content Tied Into a Children's Program (2007) *
South by Southwest South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, ...
Interactive Awards Nomination, Education (2007) *International Interactive Emmy Awards Winner Cannes, Interactive Program (2007)


References


External links


Zinc Roe Design

Aaron Leighton
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